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1:20 PM ET, November 5, 2015

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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook launches Music Stories post format that lets iOS users listen to 30-second clips of music shared from Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes within News Feed  —  Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed  —  As part of its ongoing effort to surface every bit …
Daniel Siegal / Law360:
Jury awards former LA Times columnist T.J. Simers $7.1M over claims paper forced him out due to age and disability  —  BREAKING: Ex-LA Times Sports Writer Wins $7.1M In Age Bias Trial  —  A California jury on Wednesday evening awarded former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers $7.1 million …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Tribune Publishing to switch to metered digital pay model  —  Tribune Publishing, owner of newspapers including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, will introduce a metered digital subscription model across all of its titles.  —  Tribune's newspapers currently use …
Discussion: Politico and @joepompeo
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Lisa Beilfuss / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Publishing Q3: revenue $404.3M, advertising revenue down 0.5%, print and delivery revenue down 30%, digital revenue up 6.6%, digital subscribers up 19%  —  Tribune Publishing Reports Loss  —  Company says unfavorable jury verdict could reduce quarterly profit by another 20 cents a share
Discussion: investor.tribpub.com
Stephanie Gleason / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Publishing offers $3M in Freedom Communication's bankruptcy case in exchange for right to bid on Orange County Register
BBC:
Forbes family sues Hong Kong investors over stake sale  —  The family behind Forbes Media is suing its Hong Kong investors for an alleged breach of payment on the stake they bought in the media firm last year.  —  In a lawsuit, the family has alleged Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM) …
Nick Summers / Engadget:
BBC launches UK store with 7K hours of downloadable archives, single episodes start at £1.89  —  BBC Store lets you buy and download classic TV shows  —  Before iPlayer existed, VHS tapes and DVDs were one of the few ways to rewatch BBC shows.  Unless you caught a rerun or had diligently prepared the VCR, that is.
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Maxim Taps Glenn O'Brien as Editor-at-Large to Replace Kate Lanphear  —  WWD has learned that Maxim has hired Glenn O'Brien as editor-at-large.  —  The role is essentially a replacement for Kate Lanphear, who was let go as editor in chief last month after six months on the job.
Jeff Blumenthal / Philadelphia Business Journal:
Philadelphia Media Network layoffs: 17 at Philly.com, 17 at Daily News, 12 from Inquirer, union leader says  —  Union leader: Philly.com ‘gutted’ by layoffs  —  More than half of Philly.com's editorial staff and 25 percent of Daily News editorial staffers were among the 46 people laid off …
John Heltman / Washington Monthly:
Trade press paywalls keep reporting about government out of ordinary citizens' reach  —  Confessions of a Paywall Journalist  —  Thanks to a booming trade press, lobbyists and other insiders know what's happening in government.  The rest of the country, not so much.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NewsON, a streaming service backed by TV station owners providing ad-supported local news, launches on iOS, Android, and Roku devices  —  NewsON Brings Your Local News Stations To iOS, Android And Roku  —  A company called NewsON launched today, offering cord cutters and mobile consumers access …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN, ABC and Disney Channels Finally Coming to Sony PlayStation Vue  —  After years of haggling, Sony has at last reached a deal with Disney and ESPN Media Networks to bring the Mouse House's suite of networks to the PlayStation Vue Internet TV service.  —  Under the pact, ESPN …
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
BBC spent £500,000 on failed defence of IT chief's unfair dismissal case  —  Corporation was offered chance to settle John Linwood's case for £50,000, but chose to defend sacking him over disastrous £100m Digital Media Initiative  —  The BBC spent almost £500,000 fighting …
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
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